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Needletail Eel

Acuticauda obscura

Abyssal91 cm · Fleeing · threading

Field record

Its tail narrows to a needle point and the rest of its body follows it through cracks that should not take anything larger than a cable. On approach it does not panic or thrash; it picks the nearest seam in the stone and threads itself through with surgical speed. A stunned specimen hangs in the water for only a moment, long enough for a careful net and no longer.

Marginal note: “it finds a crack in the rock before the drone finishes turning”

Habitat

ZoneThe Lower Dark

Depth range2,100–2,800 m

DiscoveryNo special condition — found simply by piloting close enough to identify it.

Catching it

A Abyssal-tier catch needs at least a Heavy-Gauge Net— anything under that rating can never hold it, whatever the throw. Bought at the Quartermaster’s counter for 850 crystals. A held net inks this entry for good and pays its ledger bonus on the spot.

Ledger bonus on capture+14 Pickup Radius

Full capture mechanics — sighting vs. capture, the aim ring, why a net below a creature’s tier always bursts — in The Ledger.